Refugee Support Group

We are very grateful to the granting organizations whose generous funding helps support our immigrant families.

Watertown Community Foundation - $10,000

Eastern Bank Foundation - $2,500

$2,500

Welcome to the group!

The Watertown Citizens Refugee Support Group (WCRSG) was formed in 2015 in response to the Syrian refugee crisis. This all-volunteer group works to support refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants from around the world, with a special focus on those living in Massachusetts.

Our work centers on providing direct help to individuals and families. This includes financial and personal support with transportation, food, school registration, tutoring, healthcare coverage, job and housing searches, and moving into furnishing apartments.

Just as important, we provide social and emotional support to help families feel welcome and adjust to life in America. Our funding comes from grants, individual donations, and fundraising initiatives. 

In the summer of 2023, at the request of the Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants, WCRSG began a two-year volunteer partnership to support 42 Caribbean refugee families living in a designated shelter in Watertown. Along with helping newcomers from many other parts of the world, we continue to support many of these families even after the shelter closed.

In addition to our direct support services, WCRSG organizes cultural celebrations, clothing drives, film festivals, educational programs, and fundraising events. We also advocate for policies that support immigrants and refugees.

The Refugee Support Group is a working group of Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice & the Environment, a member-driven organization founded in 1979. Its mission is to protect the environment, promote responsible environmental practices, oppose war and aggression, support peace and security, and advance social and economic justice locally and around the world.

Watertown Citizens is also an organizational member of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA).

For more information, visit  www.facebook.com/groups/WatertownCitizensRefugeeSupport/

OR contact watertowncitizens@gmail.com

https://www.watertowncitizens.org

https://www.facebook.com/WatertownCitizensPJE

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The Watertown Citizens Refugee Support Group (WCRSG), a working group of Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice, and the Environment, is dedicated to helping immigrants and refugees in our community. The WCRSG was formed in 2015 in response to the Syrian refugee crisis. Over the past decade WCRSG has assisted over 500 individuals from 20 different countries.